Mira Thornvale

Elaine loved James, but he only wanted her stepsister Lucia. In desperation, she tricked him into intimacy, but he refused her—until Lucia got leukemia. Elaine agreed to donate marrow only if James married her. Their marriage was icy, and when Lucia returned years later, she stole James back. After Elaine lost their baby in a setup, even her family turned against her. When James finally discovered Lucia’s lies—and that Elaine was his true savior—he chased her down, consumed by guilt. But she was done. Their twisted battle of love and revenge left them both broken.


I Shouldn't Have Let You Go

Children’s laughter rang through the courtyard of the city’s new art therapy center.


Elaine stood by a mural wall, paintbrush in hand, watching as bright colors bloomed beneath tiny fingers. A phoenix stretched across bricks, surrounded by stars, leaves, and firelight.


“Miss Anna!” a boy shouted. “We’re out of red!”


She laughed. “Then mix orange and pink. Make your own.”


At night, she wrote essays under a pseudonym.


*On autonomy. On forgiveness that didn’t require reunion. On grief without shame.*


Her latest piece—*“Healing Is Not a Circle, It’s a Road With Exits”*—had just gone viral.


Lawmakers cited her words in a new child advocacy bill.


Her voice was loud enough through the ink.


Chapter 16 – Parallel Healing